The Anthropology Newspaper – Page 1672 – Overview over the most recent anthropology blog posts

In the secret capital

“Our village? If the revolution ever reaches our village, then there really is a revolution in Egypt.” These are the words of Mahrus, a supporter of the revolution…

Post date 3rd February 2013
Post author By Samuli Schielke

In the secret capital

“Our village? If the revolution ever reaches our village, then there really is a revolution in Egypt.” These are the words of Mahrus, a supporter of the revolution…

Post date 3rd February 2013
Post author By Samuli Schielke

Carpe Diem/”YOLO”

I hang my head in shame over the fact that it has been months since I last posted anything/went back into the world of teenthropology. To be honest…

Post date 1st February 2013
Post author By teenthropologist

Barbara R. Ambros, “Bones of Contention: Animals and Religion in Contemporary Japan”

[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] It opens with a parakeet named Homer, and it closes with a dog named Hachiko. In the intervening pages, Barbara Ambros explores…

Post date 30th January 2013
Post author By Carla Nappi

Barbara R. Ambros, “Bones of Contention: Animals and Religion in Contemporary Japan” (University of Hawai’i Press, 2012)

It opens with a parakeet named Homer, and it closes with a dog named Hachiko. In the intervening pages, Barbara Ambros explores the deaths, afterlives, and necrogeographies of…

Post date 30th January 2013
Post author By Marshall Poe

Urban camps. A conference session

After having reflected so much on the conditions and the history of camps for Roma in Italy (and France…), I decided to expand my reflections globally and comparatively.…

Post date 29th January 2013
Post author By Gopk

Urban camps. A conference session

After having reflected so much on the conditions and the history of camps for Roma in Italy (and France…), I decided to expand my reflections globally and comparatively.…

Post date 29th January 2013
Post author By Gopk

Urban camps. A conference session

After having reflected so much on the conditions and the history of camps for Roma in Italy (and France…), I decided to expand my reflections globally and comparatively.…

Post date 29th January 2013
Post author By Gopk

Urban camps. A conference session

After having reflected so much on the conditions and the history of camps for Roma in Italy (and France…), I decided to expand my reflections globally and comparatively.…

Post date 29th January 2013
Post author By Gopk

Leang Neak Ta Ceremony of Spirit Mediums in Cambodia

Last week my friend Paul Christensen invited me to attend a ceremony of spirit mediums with him. The day was fascinating – full of sounds, smells and sights…

Post date 26th January 2013
Post author By CarolineB

The second anniversary

Two years have passed since the outbreak of the revolution in Egypt. Today, there is no end in sight. Since more than a week (I returned to Egypt…

Post date 26th January 2013
Post author By Samuli Schielke

The second anniversary

Two years have passed since the outbreak of the revolution in Egypt. Today, there is no end in sight. Since more than a week (I returned to Egypt…

Post date 25th January 2013
Post author By Samuli Schielke

Völkerkunde bei Facebook

Ein Team aus Sozialwissenschaftlern und Informatikern durchleuchtet bei Facebook die gewaltigen Mengen an persönlichen Daten. Wie wird das Unternehmen die Erkenntnisse über seine Nutzer verw…

Post date 25th January 2013
Post author By kerleone

Völkerkunde bei Facebook

< !doctype html> Völkerkunde bei Facebook January 25, 2013 8:49:21 AM CET January 25, 2013 8:49:21 AM CET kerleone Ein Team aus …

Post date 25th January 2013
Post author By kerleone